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| Folio 208 recto of Sanskrit palm leaf manuscript |
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| Mandala of black and white Mah¯ak¯alas. Distemper painting |
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| Bear hat. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn. |
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| Antiquities of Mexico, 1831: Aztec zodiac man |
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| Chinese procession, watercolour on rice paper. |
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| Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 |
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| Jamb¯udv¯ipa, the central continent of the middle world in |
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| Thai manuscript 7, Divination |
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| Prince Siddhattha is shown travelling t |
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| Chouchow, Kwangtung province, China. |
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| Manchu bride, Peking, Penchilie province, China |
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| Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York |
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| The impact of biotechnology on the world |
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| The sixth avatara if Visnu. |
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| The Sun from Persian Manuscript 373 |
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| Hebrew MS A1, Ketubbah, marriage contract |
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| Sudanese Amulet written in Arabic on wood |
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| Karo-Batak inscription on bone comprising on one |
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| Kanjur Chinese Collection 196, inside cover |
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| A female figure resting her arm on a globe; representing geo |
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| Castel Sant' Angelo (Mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen fr |
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| Convent of Great St. Bernard, Switzerland/Italy: panoramic v |
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| The lazaretto at Livorno, Tuscany, Italy: panoramic view. Co |
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| The black death. Watercolour by Monro S. Orr. |
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| The great sphinx. Watercolour. |
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| Yama, the Lord of Death, holding the Wheel of Life |
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| Two stag beetles crawling over a map of the world underneath |
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| Geography: a map of the world. Coloured lithograph, n.d. [c. |
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| Geography: a map of the world, with local scenes around. Col |
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| Vesuvius in eruption, with spectators on the beach at Naples |
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| The city and bay of Naples from the land. Coloured etching b |
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| The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779 |
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| The Cow as Mother of the World: with pictures of deities all |
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| A female-role actor against a lavishly decorated stage curta |
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| Mount Fuji seen through the waves at Manazato no hama, in th |
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| Cavalry marching through a mountain river, Afghanistan. Wate |
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| The capture of slaves |
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| Example of a coiffure on a Tartar or Manchu female |
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| A group of worshippers at the site of a temple |
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| Painted seal of Mughal Emperor Awrangzib |
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| Hepatitis E endemicity |
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| Snakes and Ladders (Game of Heaven & Hell) |
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| Islamic map of the world |
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| Portait of two Kiowa Indian women, c 1898 |
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| Mosquito, Anopheles stephensi in flight |
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| Taoist inaugurating ceremony, Taiwan |
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| Wholesale medicinal herb shop, S Korea |
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| Elderly Tibetan doctor making a pulse diagnosis |
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| Tibetan nomadic girl |
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| Buddhist monks walking around a memorial, Tibet |
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| A view of Panama |
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| Operating theatre practitioner, Ethiopia |
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